§ 20-59-504 - Officers.
20-59-504. Officers.
(a) The officers of the Grade "A" Milk Program Advisory Committee shall consist of a chair, a vice chair, and secretary, who shall at all times be members of the committee and residents of this state.
(b) Officers of the committee when elected shall hold office for the period of one (1) year each and until their respective successors shall have been elected and qualified.
(c) In the case of a vacancy in any office of the committee, the remaining members of the committee shall elect a successor to fill the unexpired term of the office.
(d) (1) The chair shall be the chief executive of the committee. He or she shall preside at the meetings of the committee. He or she shall have general supervision over the entire business of the committee. He or she shall see that all orders or resolutions of the committee are carried into effect. He or she shall submit to the members at each regular meeting thereof a complete report of the operations and the affairs of the committee for the preceding three (3) months. From time to time, he or she shall report to the committee all matters within his or her knowledge which the interests of the committee may require.
(2) The vice chair, in the absence or in case of inability of the chair to act, shall perform all the duties and have all the powers of the chair. The vice chair shall, in addition, perform such other duties and have such other powers as the committee may, from time to time by resolution, determine.
(3) The secretary shall keep the minutes of all meetings of the committee in books provided for that purpose. He or she shall keep a full, complete, and faithful record of all transactions which shall at all times be open to the inspection of the members of the committee. He or she shall also perform such other duties as may pertain to his or her office or as the chair or vice chair may require. In the absence of the secretary from any meeting of the committee, the records of the proceedings shall be kept by such other person as may be appointed for that purpose at the meeting.